Catalin Cimpanu reports: The criminal group behind the BlackMatter ransomware have announced plans today to shut down their operation, citing pressure from local authorities. The group announced its plan in a message posted in the backend of their Ransomware-as-a-Service portal, where other criminal groups typically register in order to get access to the BlackMatter ransomware strain. Read…
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Schools across the nation are getting hit with ransomware attacks—but they won’t admit how much it’s costing them
Grace Ferguson reports: When the personal information of students and employees at Fairfax County Public Schools showed up on the dark web in October 2020, the Virginia school district had been in a standoff with hackers for nearly a month. Even with help from the FBI, Virginia State Police, and a hired cybersecurity firm, the district…
South Carolina School District reports security incident
Sarah Coble reports: A school district in South Carolina is investigating a “cyber-incident” that it says impacted hundreds of staff computers. On October 4, some of the networks of Colleton County School District stopped operating. The unusual activity was detected by the district’s information technology staff, who determined that a cybersecurity incident had occurred. Read more on InfoSecurity. From…
Possible cyberattack hits ‘brain’ of N.L. health-care system, delaying thousands of appointments Social Sharing
CBC News reports: A cyberattack appears to be behind a provincewide disruption of health-care services in Newfoundland and Labrador that has affected thousands of appointments and procedures, including those involving COVID-19 testing. “We may have been victims of a possible cyberattack by a third party,” said Health Minister John Haggie at a news conference Monday morning….
Las Vegas Cancer Center hit by ransomware over Labor Day weekend; 3,000 patients notified
KTNV reports that the Las Vegas Cancer Center was the victim of a ransomware attack over the Labor Day Weekend. The attack was discovered on September 7, when the center re-opened. The attackers reportedly accessed encrypted data. Patient data is in proprietary format and the center believes it would not be usable to the threat actors….
Community Medical Centers notifying 656,047 patients of ransomware incident
Community Medical Centers, Inc. (“CMC”) is a non-profit community health center serving San Joaquin, Solano, and Yolo counties in Northern California. On October 10, 2021, they shut down many of their systems after detecting unusual activity on the network. In their notification to California’s Attorney General, they reported that they found evidence that indicated unauthorized…